LeBron James Hints at Retirement & Tyler Herro Out to Start the Heat's Season

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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LeBron James says he isn’t planning to retire just yet—but could winning a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers this season change his mind? On today’s episode of Locked On NBA Daily, Wes Goldberg is joined by Danny Cunningham (Locked On Cavs) and Haize (Locked On Bulls) to break down LeBron’s comments on retirement and whether a Lakers title could be his “go out on top” moment, Tyler Herro’s injury and how it impacts the Miami Heat’s season start and contract extension talks, and Jonathan Kuminga's contract standoff with the Golden State Warriors and what it means for his future.

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0:00.0	On today's show, LeBron James says he isn't planning to retire after this season,
0:04.5	but could something change his mind?
0:06.3	We'll talk about that and more.
0:07.2	It's Locked on NBA Daily.
0:14.2	You are Locked on NBA, your daily podcast.
0:19.0	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.5	All right, welcome to Locked on NBA Daily.
0:27.8	However, you're tuning in on YouTube on your favorite podcast app.
0:30.2	Thanks so much for making Lockdown NBA your first listen every day.
0:33.5	Today's episode is brought to you by Fandul.
0:35.9	Right now, new customers could bet you just $5. And if you bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the Fanduala app today. I'm Wes Goldberg, and today we're talking about an injury to a Miami Heat all-star in the latest attempt at leverage from Jonathan Cominga, and we are doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. And I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Cavaliers podcast.
0:57.1	Danny Cunningham from the Lockdown Bulls podcast. He's also a Bulls and Bears greater for Bleach report. It's Hayes. Hayes, how we doing? Doing good, man. This is a good Friday. Everything's chill right now. Started off my day with a nice walk with my dog out in the crisp air.
1:12.1	It's been a pretty good start for Friday.
1:15.3	Danny is, is it dog walking season?
1:16.8	It is.
1:21.5	It's been like the best seven to 10 day stretch of weather that we've had on the shore of Lake Yuri in quite some time.
1:22.7	So I'm pretty happy here in Cleveland right now.
1:25.4	LeBron James might be getting close to returning to Cleveland as my attempt at a segue
1:30.7	there, but we are talking to LeBron on retirement.
1:35.3	LeBron James, as he prepares for his 23rd season in the NBA, people are wondering if
1:39.2	this could be his last from his Nike commercial talking about his career in the past tense
1:42.9	to picking up a new hobby in golf.
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